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Neighbors comfort one another amid the debris that once was their homes along Highway 160 in Henryville, Ind., on Saturday, March 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
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FILE - In this April 21, 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning remnants of BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. The gargantuan legal bill for the 2010 catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is coming due for BP as a federal trial opens Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 to determine the company’s liability for the blowout of its Macondo well. On the cusp of trial, phalanxes of lawyers, company officials and state officials spent the final hours in high-stakes settlement talks that law experts believed could still yield a deal right before the courtroom doors open Monday morning. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard, File)
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Downed power lines and debris caused by a reported tornado lie along Yarbrough Road, Friday, March 2, 2012, in Harvest, Ala. (AP Photo/The Huntsville Times, Bob Gathany)
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Greg Cook hugs his dog Coco after finding her inside his destroyed home in the East Limestone, Ala. on Friday, March 2, 2012. A reported tornado destroyed several houses in northern Alabama as storms threatened more twisters across the region Friday (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.)
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A funnel cloud begins to form over the Canebrake Subdivision of Athens, Ala., Friday, March 2, 2012. Homes were damaged and utilities were interrupted when several suspected tornadoes struck Limestone County Friday morning. (AP Photo/Chris Simmons, Athens Fire and Rescue Dept.)
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Andrew Ridnour salvages items from his home in East Limestone County, Ala., on Friday. March 2, 2012. A reported tornado destroyed several houses in northern Alabama as storms threatened more twisters across the region Friday (AP Photo/The Huntsville Times, Robin Conn)
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A stop sign lays over in the KC Estates subdivision after severe weather passed Hodgenville, Ky. on Wednesday Feb. 29, 2012. Waves of strong storms ripped roofs off homes, apartment buildings and a bank and destroyed several buildings in north-central Kentucky. (AP Photo/Patti Longmire)
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Kendra McKinley pulls a flag from the debris of her grandparents river camp home in Henderson Ky. Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. Waves of strong storms ripped roofs off homes, apartment buildings and a bank and destroyed several buildings in north-central Kentucky. (AP Photo/The Gleaner, Darrin Phegley)
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Gene Byrd pauses for a moment while he and his son Devyn Byrd, 14, look over some of the damage sustained to a friends house after a severe storm hit in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisrbug, Ill. A severe pre-dawn storm pounded portions of southern Illinois on Wednesday. Several deaths have been reported in Harrisburg and left the city's medical center scrambling to treat an influx of injured, the hospital's top administrator said. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan,Paul Newton )
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This aerial photo shows a path of damage stretching west from the backside of a Wal-Mart Supercenter to the east in Harrisburg, Ill., after a severe storm hit Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. Several deaths have been reported in Harrisburg and left the city's medical center scrambling to treat an influx of injured, the hospital's top administrator said. (AP Photo/The Southern, Steve Jahnke)
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People try to salvage what they can after a tornado destroyed homes in their neighborhood Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisburg, Ill. The tornado that blasted Harrisburg, killing six, was an EF4, the second-highest rating given to twisters based on damage. Scientists said it was 200 yards wide with winds up to 170 mph. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Family members and friends try to salvage what they can after a tornado destroyed their neighborhood homes Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisburg, Ill. The tornado that blasted Harrisburg, killing six, was an EF4, the second-highest rating given to twisters based on damage. Scientists said it was 200 yards wide with winds up to 170 mph. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Judy Hudnall sift through the debris left from Wednesday morning's storm in Henderson Ky. Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. Waves of strong storms ripped roofs off homes, apartment buildings and a bank and destroyed several buildings in north-central Kentucky. (AP Photo/The Gleaner, Darrin Phegley)
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A prosthetic leg found among the debris caused by a tornado that ripped through Harrisburg, Ill. leans against a damaged home Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. The tornado that blasted Harrisburg, killing six, was an EF4, the second-highest rating given to twisters based on damage. Scientists said it was 200 yards wide with winds up to 170 mph. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
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Fred Beaty, left, wipes away tears as his brother Gary Beaty looks at the home near Crossville, Tenn. where a deadly tornado on Wednesday killed their sister-in-law, Melissa Evans and sent their brother Ricky Beaty to the hospital, Thursday, March 1, 2012. National Weather Service survey teams were set Thursday to evaluate damage from powerful storms that swept across the state, killing three people and damaging dozens of homes. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
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Brooke Hill, right, of Carrier Mills, Ill., looks around some of the damage caused by a tornado on Wednesday, as she and friend Cera Wise help clean up the what's left of a house, in Harrisburg, Ill., Thursday, March 1, 2012. Damaged communities tried to take advantage of the brief break in the weather, mindful of one meteorologist's warning that by Friday, both regions would again be "right in the bull's eye." (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan, Paul Newton)
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Volunteers and state officials work to cleaning up debris Thurday March 1, 2012 that was deposited in the area by Wednesday's flooding in the Winfield Community near Fairmont in Marion County W. Va. According to officials on sence there were at least two out buildings a fifth wheeler camper, a car and a truck buried in the debris. W.Va Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin issued a state of emergency proclamation for Marion County, W.Va. (AP Photo/Times West Virginian, Tammy Shriver)
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Volunteer firefighters place a tarp on the roof of a home after an apparent tornado damaged a few homes in the area just south of Slocomb, Ala., on Thursday afternoon, March 1, 2012. (AP Photo/The Dothan Eagle, Jay Hare)
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A passenger of the Costa Concordia told Capitol Hill lawmakers that the crew of the ship did not conduct a muster drill, but only showed a safety video followed by a sales pitch. Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV called for the cruise industry to improve safety regulations. "You are a world unto yourself," he said. (Associated Press)
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andrew harnik/the washington times Nationals relief pitcher Sean Burnett plays catch with his son Sebastian, 3, on Thursday at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Fla.
